Effect of the composition of some sulphide minerals on cyanidation and use of lead nitrate and oxygen to alleviate their impact

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-221

  Deschênes, Guy ^a   Rousseau, Marlaine ^b   Tardif, Jean ^c   Prud'homme, P J H ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Cyanidation; Gold; Leaching; Lead nitrate; Oxygen; Pyrite; Pyrrhotite; Recovery

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; LEACHING; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; OXIDATION; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHALCOPYRITE; CYANIDATION; LEAD NITRATE; PYRRHOTITE;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0032201683     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(98)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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